TEHRAN, August 15 - Russian President Vladimir Putin told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in a congratulatory telegram he was certain that Moscow and Pyongyang could develop mutually beneficial ties, starting with trilateral projects, the North Korean state news agency KCNA reported.
TEHRAN, August 13 -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Russia has been exploring for some time using national currencies to settle bilateral trade deals with Turkey and other countries.
TEHRAN, August 14 - Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson denied as invalid the comments by Rajab Safarov about Iran’s share of the Caspian Sea, saying no such person has ever been involved in the team of Russian negotiators.
TEHRAN, August 13 - Russia has expressed willingness to use domestic currencies for bilateral trade with all countries, in an apparent bid to ditch the dollar amid escalating tensions between Moscow and Washington.
TEHRAN, August 13 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin will discuss the war in Syria, the conflict in east Ukraine and a disputed pipeline to bring Russian gas to Germany during talks near Berlin on Saturday, a German government spokesman said.
TEHRAN, August 13 - Relations between Moscow and Brussels have deteriorated significantly since the coup in Ukraine led to Crimea's reunification with Russia in 2014. After the US, EU and several countries sanctioned Russia over its alleged interference in Ukraine's domestic affairs, Russia launched counter-sanctions.
TEHRAN, August 12 -Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urges further development of relations between Iran and Russia in various fields, saying close cooperation between Tehran and Moscow will serve the two nations' interests.
TEHRAN, August 10 - Russia and China on Thursday objected to a U.S. proposal to add a Russian bank, Moscow-based North Korean banker and two other entities to a U.N. Security Council blacklist, diplomats said.
TEHRAN, August 10 - Russia would consider any U.S. move to curb the operations of Russian banks or their foreign currency dealings a declaration of economic war, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday.
TEHRAN, August 10 - Russia has once again hit out at the US for re-imposing its unilateral sanctions against Iran after scrapping the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal, describing it as a "destructive step" that could destabilize the already-volatile Middle East region.
TEHRAN, August 9 - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday that Moscow was starting to work on retaliatory measures after the United States announced a new round of sanctions against Moscow.
TEHRAN, August 9 - The Kremlin on Thursday said a new batch of sanctions on Moscow announced by the United States was illegal under international law and that Russia's financial system was stable.
TEHRAN, August 8 -Russia’s standards agency said on Wednesday it had been informed about the recall of 20,702 Toyota (7203.T) cars sold between March 2010 and May 2015.
TEHRAN, August 8 - Russia said it was "deeply disappointed" by US President Donald Trump's move to re-impose unilateral sanctions on Tehran, vowing to make its utmost efforts to save a landmark nuclear agreement Iran signed with the P5+1 group of countries in 2015.
TEHRAN, August 7 -Russia says it was "deeply disappointed" by US President Donald Trump's move to re-impose unilateral sanctions on Tehran, vowing to make its utmost efforts to save a landmark nuclear agreement Iran signed with the P5+1 group of countries in 2015.
TEHRAN, August 5 - Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday it had made U.S. actor Steven Seagal its special representative for Russian-U.S. humanitarian ties, a role it said was meant to deepen cultural, art and youth ties between the two countries.
TEHRAN, August 5 - Iranian armed forces team participating at the 2018 Intl. Army Games finished second place at the Guardian of Order contest hosted by Russia.
TEHRAN, August 4 - Russia's Defense Ministry has confirmed it sent a letter to Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Joseph Dunford last month with a proposal to cooperate on reconstructing Syria and repatriating refugees to the war-torn country.